Ray Vallese

This Pathfinder sourcebook explores the societies, ecologies, mythologies, and secrets of ten of the most memorable races of giant-kind, including hill giants, stone giants, frost giants, fire giants, cloud giants, storm giants, rune giants, marsh giants, taiga giants, and cyclopes. Each chapter includes full statistics for a sample leader or jarl, as well as new rules like feats, spells, and magical items crafted not just by these towering monsters, but by those who seek to fight against them.

A Style Guide with Style Writing With Style: An Editor's Advice for RPG Writers presents 45 pages of concise tips on simple ways to make your roleplaying game writing cleaner and clearer. This guide doesn't show you how to structure adventures, build stat blocks, or create worlds. Instead, Ray Vallese looks at some of the most common and easily fixable grammar and style issues he's encountered in over twenty years of editing RPGs. Rookie freelancers, industry veterans, and self-publishers alike can benefit from this (mostly) jargon-free guide, which addresses such topics as: - Recasting passive voice into active voice (and when you might not want to) - Dangling participles and other misplaced modifiers - Gender-specific and gender-neutral language - Commonly confused words, empty words, and clich s to avoid - Choice and possibility in player character actions - Final things to check before submitting your manuscript Tighten and polish your text with these quick and easy tips

Unveil the mysteries of primeval legends, encounter ancient creatures from a time before time, and prepare to enter a preternatural world where nothing is permanent and everything is alive with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Fey Revisited! Immerse your game in the lore of legendary beings such as vigilant tree-bonded dryads, fanciful goat-legged satyrs, and blindingly beautiful nymphs, or release lurking evils like sadistic redcaps and diverse hordes of maniacal gremlins. Each entry includes how these embodiments of nature might guard or corrupt the world, details on the unique tokens they bestow upon favored mortals, and a ready-to-use threat or ally of each fey race. Explore a world of magic, mystique, and whimsy with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Fey Revisited.

Know the unknown as you explore the lore and inner workings of the Inner Sea’s most elusive creatures in Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mystery Monsters Revisited! Unravel the myths behind legendary creatures inspired by real-world monsters, like the blood-sucking chupacabra, the larger-than-life sasquatch, and the mountain-dwelling yeti — and discover how they fit into the award-winning Pathfinder campaign setting alongside such infamous favorites as the equine Sandpoint Devil and disaster-heralding mothman. Each mystery monster includes examples of its misdeeds, evidence the fiend leaves in its wake, and a sample stat block of an especially nefarious version of the beast. In a world where little is as it seems and the monsters are always one step ahead of their pursuers, get the upper hand with Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Mystery Monsters Revisited!